Data Backup Solutions for Educational Institutions

A Multi-platform Backup & Recovery Solution for Universities, Colleges, and High Schools

Educational institutions have complex backup & recovery requirements that often include remote campuses, data centers with physical and virtual servers, desktop and laptop computers, and other devices on the network — all running multiple versions of multiple operating systems. Schools are expected to overcome the same technology challenges as enterprises, but with drasticlly smaller budgets. Zetta.net's 3-in-1 online backup solution helps schools to signifigantly cut backup costs, add functionality — like archiving and disaster recovery — and simplify and automate backups, freeing IT resources and budgets for other projects.

Customer Quotes

We backup our entire system with Zetta in less time than using D2D locally here." — Don Peterson, Merced CollegeI don’t worry about the backups getting done any more. It’s pretty much a hands-off operation." — Larry Steinke, St. Francis HS

Featured Case Study

Application: Online ArchiveChallenge: Replacement for antiquated tape backupThe computer science department at UCLA was looking to replace an antiquated tape backup process with an online archive of file information. Initial investigation included traditional data storage service providers, but those were dismissed for lack of a compatible file access protocol.Zetta Solution: Online data archive replaced the existing tape backup process. Files are securely moved using FTPS protocol over an Internet connection. Once archived to the Zetta volume, files can be directly accessed via NFS without having to go through a restore from tape.Zetta features that were significant to this solution include:Native file access protocolsGood write performance for daily data transfersInternet connectivityOffsite data storageResult: Planned 1TB of file data is being archived to the Zetta system. After a brief testing phase, implementation was immediate with no special hardware or software required.

Zetta’s growing customer base includes businesses from all over the United States: